Each year the Eyegore Awards, held in the Globe Theatre at Universal Studios, honors a handful of actors, directors or personalities that stand out in the genre of horror. As the kick-off to the annual Halloween Horror Nights, which runs on select dates now through Nov. 2, dozens of famous faces grace the short red carpet for the private event, which on Friday included award recipients actor Danny Trejo (“Machete”), producer Jason Blum and actor Leigh Whannell (“Insidious” and “Insidious: Chapter 2”), actor Bruce Campbell (“The Evil Dead,” “Burn Notice”), “The Walking Dead” actress Melissa McBride (Carol on the hit AMC show accepted the award for the entire cast and crew) and the founding fathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath. The evening was hosted for a second year by McKenzie Westmore, host of SyFy’s “Face Off.”

Sabbath’s leader, Ozzy Osbourne, only offered a quick and humble “thank you” upon getting his award, which was presented to him by his wife and “The Talk” co-host Sharon Osbourne. His entire family was out for the occasion, including daughter Kelly and son Jack. Trejo poked fun at his checkered past, saying that it was better to win an Eyegore award than, say, “best inmate.”

McBride was also grateful and brief with her acceptance speech, which followed a quick video sent in by Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes on “The Walking Dead”) since the crew is still actively filming the upcoming season in Georgia. If AMC shipped out McBride to collect the award for the entire cast and crew, things don’t look so promising for her character, Carol. Sorry for the spoiler.

Blum and Whannell were keyed up for their turn at the mic. The duo has much to be excited about as their film “Insidious: Chapter 2,” which was released Sept. 13, raked in nearly $40 million in its weekend debut. There’s also an extremely disturbing “Insidious” based maze at HHN this year, something both guys were looking forward to experiencing.

“These mazes are as close as fans can get to walking through the movies,” Blum says before Whannell encouraged the room to “get drunk!”

Lin Shayne, who plays Elise Rainier in the “Insidious” films, chatted on the red carpet about her sneak peek of the maze during the film premiere on the Universal property last week.

“I’m so very proud of the work we did on the film and the people who created everything,” she says. “There’s something so energizing about being scared and that squealing – that’s the kind of frenzy fans have been put into for ‘Insidious’ so I’m really looking forward to (the maze).”

Bruce Campbell, best known as Ash in “The Evil Dead” and “Army of Darkness” films and the producer of the recent “Evil Dead” reboot, received loud applause as he accepted his trophy. Campbell thanked the fans that have made him a cult hero, looking down at his little devil Eyegore trophy, clutching it tightly and he promised, “I will hold down the finest papers on my desk with this.”

On the carpet, Campbell said that he was excited about HHN’s “Evil Dead” maze and that he had stayed away from any attraction spoilers because he wanted it to be perfect. “Evil Dead” director Fede Alvarez also said that original “The Evil Dead” director, Sam Raimi, was determined to get “Army of Darkness 2” made.

Meanwhile, HHN regular Calico Cooper, actress and daughter of shock rocker Alice Cooper, says she has a great idea for HHN creative director John Murdy for a maze next year.

“I’m looking forward to them doing something really scary like a Taylor Swift maze,” she says with a laugh. “Seriously, a bunch of Taylor Swifts coming at you like ‘We are never, ever, ever getting back together!’ That would be terrifying!”

Putting the final touches on the attractions before the grand opening, Murdy says that the last thing he laid his hands on before putting it all to bed was the famed “Psycho” house on the backlot.

“That’s kind of the tradition now,” he says. “I always go up and look at the ‘Psycho’ house when I’m doing the final lighting looks and I just touch the house. It’s good luck.”

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